339 ([return])
[ See the conclusion of the story.]
340 ([return])
[ i.e. I have said my say.]
341 ([return])
[ Arab. "Al-Mutabattil," usually=one who forsakes the world. The Katarát alNaysán or rain-drops in the month Naysán (April) produce pearls when falling into the oyster-shells and poison in the serpent's mouth. The allusions to them are innumerable in Persian poetry, and the idea gives rise to a host of moralities more or less insipid.]
342 ([return])
[ This is the general idea concerning the diamond in all countries where the gem is dug, but I never heard it of the pearl.]
343 ([return])
[ Arab. "Faras," properly a mare; but the writer begins by using the feminine, and then employs the masculine. It is an abominable text.]